Tagged: 2000

Download Audio AS ELECTION NEARS, YUGOSLAV OPPOSITION PLANS PRIVATIZATION The first federal elections in Yugoslavia since NATO’s 78-day bombing are coming down to the wire. On Sunday, voters will head to the polls to...

Download Audio AUSSIE PROTESTERS CHALLENGE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM More than 10,000 protesters hit the streets of Melbourne, Australia this week to take on the World Economic Forum. The Forum, best known for its annual...

Download Audio THE MILLENNIUM SUMMIT: GLOBALIZATION & THE U.N. One of the demands of the anti-globalization movement that grew out of last year’s protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle was that the...

Download Audio President Clinton Brings US Military Aid to Colombia AIDS and the Silence in Africa Abortion is Legal, But Can You Get One? 30th Anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles  

Download Audio Law-Suits to Hit LAPD After DNC Democratic convention planners promised the City of Los Angeles an economic windfall. Some vendors undoubtedly prospered last week. But, as Laura Hauther reports, taxpayers may get...

Download Audio L.A.P.D. ON GUARD AND UNDER SCRUTINY The notorious Los Angeles Police Department faced national scrutiny this week for its handling of events around the Democratic Convention as thousands of people gathered in...

Download Audio CIVIL LIBERTIES AND THE D.N.C. Organizers of the upcoming Democratic National Convention protests in Los Angeles will ask a federal judge to guarantee their free speech rights against police raids and surveillance....

Download Audio Police, Protesters Clash in Minneapolis over Genetically Modified Animals The movement against the engineering and patenting of life continues to have a worldwide impact. Under pressure from bioengineering opponents, the Health Ministers...

Download Audio Is the IMF at the Root of Pipeline Spills That Kill Hundreds of Nigerian People? Loans from the International Monetary Fund – or IMF – to developing countries often come with conditions...

Download Audio DOE: Plutonium Went into the Air, But That’s Okay The Department of Energy this week announced that radioactive plutonium was released into the air from last month’s fire on the Hanford nuclear...